[104383] in Cypherpunks
cypherpunks = spam???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (lcs Mixmaster Remailer)
Sun Oct 18 06:10:38 1998
Date: 18 Oct 1998 10:00:03 -0000
To: rob pinkerton <rpinkert@cadvision.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: lcs Mixmaster Remailer <mix@anon.lcs.mit.edu>
Reply-To: lcs Mixmaster Remailer <mix@anon.lcs.mit.edu>
Rob Pinkerton has complained that he can't receive cypherpunks and
the problem turned out to be his ISPs refusal to receive SPAM.
Their standard response is attached for your information.
[I'm CC'ing this to Rob and if he receives it, he'll know he can
use a nym account through a cypherpunk remailer to keep getting
the good oil. ]
>X-Sender: help@cadvision.com
>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32)
>Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 09:24:38 -0600
>To: Rob Pinkerton <rpinkert@cadvision.com>
>From: CADVision Help Desk <help@cadvision.com>
>Subject: Re: whats with the list?
>
>Dear Rob,
>
>As part of CADVision's continuing effort to stem the tide of unsolicited
>email recieved by our clients, we have implemented the ORBS blocking
>system. ORBS stands for the Open Relay Blocking System, and as the name
>implies, it prevents mail servers that are open relays from sending mail to
>CADVision's mail server. Open relays are a veritable goldmine for junk
>mailers, since they can send junk mail through them very easily. Please see
>the ORBS homepage at http://www.dorkslayers.com/orbs for more information.
>
>The error you are receiving is because the mail server the message is
>originating from is an open relay, and has been placed on the ORBS blocking
>list. The System Administrators must close their open relay before their
>server will be allowed to send mail to CADVision or to any other subscriber
>to the ORBS system. The administrators of that relay were informed when
>they were placed on the list. Email was sent to postmaster@theirIP, and to
>the contact listed in the SOA record for their domain. Postmaster is a
>required address on every mail server for such notices according to RFC 822
>article 6.3.
>
>Please note that CADVision isn't specifically banning that domain, but
>rather, we are subscribing to a service that has that domain on it's banned
>list.
>
>The administrators of that mail server will also want to read the pages at
>http://www.dorkslayers.com/orbs and close their relay. This is in their
>best interest, since open relays are almost always found and exploited by
>junk mailers, which results in degraded service for all paying clients.
